Early thermal weapons, which used heat or burning action to destroy or damage enemy personnel, fortifications or territories, were employed in warfare...

made them unsuited to the rapid troop movements of modern warfare. Early thermal weapons Fortification List of siege engines Medieval warfare Military engineer...

and resists suppression. A range of early thermal weapons were utilized by ancient, medieval/post-classical and early modern armies, including hot pitch...

spherical stones or metal balls. Occasionally they also used ranged early thermal weapons. There was heavy siege artillery, but more mobile and lighter field...

fire (see also early thermal weapons), or poisoning (see also arrow poison). A kinetic energy weapon (also known as kinetic weapon, kinetic energy warhead...

particularly dangerous when they strike flammable substances or dry brush. Early thermal weapons Dragon's breath United States War Department (1919). America's Munitions:...

of fire in warfare has a long history. Fire was the basis of all early thermal weapons. The Byzantine fleet used Greek fire to attack ships and men. The...

occurred. Wildfires were used in battles throughout human history as early thermal weapons. From the Middle Ages, accounts were written of occupational burning...

as dispersed airborne clouds, or confinement or sudden release. Early thermal weapons, such as Greek fire, have existed since ancient times. At its roots...

point by the game development company Skirmisher Publishing LLC. Early thermal weapons: Fire and Sword Hit-and-run tactics Horses in the Middle Ages Scorched...

incendiary weapon Hot oil, an early thermal weapon Meng Huo You, Ancient Chinese petroleum weapon Flamethrower, modern incendiary weapon that projects...

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Arrow poison Bowfishing Crossbow bolt, also known as a "quarrel" Early thermal weapons Fire arrow Flechette Flu-flu arrow Signal arrow Swiss arrow The...

by most of the world's nuclear powers in the design of their weapons. Modern fusion weapons essentially consist of two main components: a nuclear fission...

against artillery during the English Civil War of 17th century. Early thermal weapons Needham, Joseph (1987). Science & Civilisation in China, volume...

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limiting the area of its effect. When a nuclear weapon is surrounded only by air, lethal blast and thermal effects proportionally scale much more rapidly...

a condiment made from vegetable oil Boiling oil or hot oil, an early thermal weapon Oil produced in violation of production restrictions established...

military applications.[citation needed] Black powder substitute Early thermal weapons Hand cannon Green mix Gunpowder warfare Huolongjing Jiao Yu Jixiao...

was common in the naval battles of World War I and World War II. Early thermal weapons Military camouflage PT boat Smoke bomb The Royal Navy at War (DVD)...

riot-control device; see Converted Flamethrower 40. Dragon's breath Early thermal weapons Flame gun Huo Long Jing List of flamethrowers M202A1 FLASH Meng...

dangerous weapon for the Chinese. Gunpowder (probably already used in incendiary arrows and primitive grenades (see Early thermal weapons) would go on...

amount of weapon yield compared to the mass of the weapon. The practical maximum yield-to-weight ratio for fusion weapons (thermonuclear weapons) has been...

basic design types: pure fission weapons are the simplest, least technically demanding, were the first nuclear weapons built, and so far the only type...

Voltage Thermal Battery (triggered by the timer). Neither of the weapons at Goldsboro had their tritium reservoir "squibs" actuated, despite Weapon No. 1's...

Since they are weapons of mass destruction, the proliferation of nuclear weapons is a focus of international relations policy. Nuclear weapons have been deployed...

Infrared thermography (IRT), thermal video and/or thermal imaging, is a process where a thermal camera captures and creates an image of an object by using...

Thermal energy storage (TES) is the storage of thermal energy for later reuse. Employing widely different technologies, it allows surplus thermal energy...

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furthest-reaching lethal component. For standard weapons above about 10 kilotons of yield, the lethal blast and thermal effects radius begins to exceed the lethal...